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Press Releases issued by the Academy, by members and partners in 2008-2009 appear below.

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Review of 2015

January 28, 2016

2015 was another record year for the IABFM.  In total we ran more than 20% additional courses than in the previous year. Our membership base increased by more than 25% with a significant number of people choosing to become affiliate members.  We commenced marketing our programs in the US and our current projections are that the number of these will expand by 50%.

2016 is already promising to be even more successful despite some of the challenges faced in our African markets where the strength of the US dollar has resulted in major declines in the African currencies.  We are working with these markets to see how we can continue to provide our professional programs whilst addressing these challenges. 

We successfully entered the US market in full in 2015.  Programs were run in Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon, Minneapolis, Miami, New York and Toronto and Calgary in Canada. .  In 2016 we propose running programs in each of these cities again and adding several new venues.  We are also in the process of negotiating an entry into the South American market as there are no credible professional bodies such as the IABFM.  We have already finalised negotiations to run wealth management programs in Brazil as there is nothing comparable to our Certified Wealth Management Professional programs and our family based wealth management programs.  We are anticipating substantial growth in the next 12 months in this market despite the trying economic conditions in the BRICS countries.

However, our major growth for the next 12 months will come from our Chinese companies.  Although part of the professional body we have established separate entities to handle the relationships in China.  We have recently signed agreements for a number of the major banks to run our award winning wealth management programs and these, together with our relationships with the top Chinese universities, makes our programs very attractive in this demanding market.

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